Washington, Oct 4: The United States is entitled under international law to take military action in Pakistan’s Tribal Areas since they no longer lie under the sovereign control of the Pakistani state, according to a US based South Asia expert.
This assertion was made by Stephen Cohen of the Brookings Institution at a ceremony marking the release of a new report on Pakistan by a US working group.
Washington, Oct 4: US State Department spokesman Sean McCormack has said that India is going to play a very important role, along with a number of other countries in the South Asia region, whether it is politics or economics or energy.
Asked if there is any prospect of a nuclear deal similar to that with India being concluded with Pakistan, McCormack replied, “At the moment, I’m not aware of a contemplation of a similar such deal at this time with Pakistan.”
Washington - While US President George W Bush signed a much- awaited 700-billion-dollar rescue package deemed critical to keep the US economy afloat, it appeared Wall Street had already turned the next dark corner.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 1.5 per cent of its value on Friday, a surprise to those who expected that the bail-out's approval would buy at least one day of goodwill.
San Francisco - About 70 searchers combed the area around the crash site of adventurer Steve Fossett's plane Friday as scientists were due to test a small piece of bone found near the plane.
The small bone, said by police to be about 5 centimetres by 3 centimetres was the only sign of possible human remains at the remote site. But it was far from clear that it was even human.
San Francisco - The US Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating the motive behind a false report on CNN's citizen journalist website Friday that Apple's chief executive Steve Jobs had suffered a heart attack.
The report sent the company's stock on a roller coaster ride. Shares fell 5.4 per cent Friday morning after the posting on iReport. com cited an anonymous source who said Jobs was rushed to the hospital after suffering a "major heart attack."
Washington - A man who was struck by lightning while pumping gas in New York state, lived to tell the tale Friday.
"I started pumping the gas, and I seen a very bright orange light, followed by a very bright white light, and then total darkness. I went out," William Hall told WIVB-TV.
He recalled feeling the current travelling through him, before passing out. "I was very numb, shaky. Hard to catch my breath. My heart was beating really rapid."
Hall made a routine stop at the pump late Wednesday. Surveillance cameras at K & K Food Mart caught Hall lurching over after the bolt struck. He returned to the pump on Thursday to complete filling his tank.
Washington, Oct 4: The United States is entitled under international law to take military action in Pakistan’s Tribal Areas since they no longer lie under the sovereign control of the Pakistani state, according to a US based South Asia expert.
US State Department spokesman Sean McCormack has said that India is going to play a very important role, along with a number of other countries in the South Asia region, whether it is politics or economics or energy.
Washington - While US President George W Bush signed a much- awaited 700-billion-dollar rescue package deemed critical to keep the US economy afloat, it appeared Wall Street had already turned the next dark corner.
About 70 searchers combed the area around the crash site of adventurer Steve Fossett's plane Friday as scientists were due to test a small piece of bone found near the plane.
The US Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating the motive behind a false report on CNN's citizen journalist website Friday that Apple's chief executive Steve Jobs had suffered a heart attack.
